frozen

v.
Past participle of freeze.

adj.

1. Made into, covered with, or surrounded by ice.
2. Very cold: the frozen North.
3. Preserved by freezing: frozen meat.
4. 1. Rendered immobile: frozen in their tracks with fear.
   2. Immobile, as from pain or inflammation. Used of a joint: a frozen shoulder.
5. Expressive of cold unfriendliness or disdain: a frozen look on their faces.
6. 1. Kept at a fixed level: frozen rents.
   2. Impossible to withdraw, sell, or liquidate: frozen assets.

adj

Definition: stopped
Antonyms: continual, continued, fluid, moving

adj

Definition: very cold
Antonyms: boiled, boiling, heated, hot, melted, thawed, warm

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Said of material kept at less than 0°C. Biological materials are frozen solid because of their high water content.

• f. embryo — see embryo transfer.
• f. meat — meat preserved at low temperatures in a freezer.
• f. section — a specimen of tissue that has been quick-frozen, cut by microtome, and stained immediately for rapid diagnosis of possible malignant lesions. A specimen processed in this manner is not satisfactory for detailed study of the cells, but it is valuable because it is quick and gives the surgeon immediate information regarding the malignancy of a piece of tissue.
• f. semen — see semen.

IN BRIEF: adj. - Turned into ice adj. - Incapable of being changed or moved or undone; Not convertible to cash; (used of foods) preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value; Devoid of warmth and cordiality; Not thawed.

Architecture is frozen music. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 

Being frozen in a dream has a range of possible meanings, from feeling emotionally or sexually cold to simply feeling that one is unable to do something different from whatever one is doing. We also speak about "frozen assets" and waiting until "hell freezes over."

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